Rammstein Reise Reise lyric with English translation

Auch auf den Wellen wird gefochten
Wo Fisch und Fleisch zur See geflochten
Der eine sticht die Lanz' im Heer
Der andere wirft sie in das Meer

Ahoi

Reise, Reise Seemann Reise
Jeder tut's auf seine Weise
Der eine stößt den Speer zum Mann
Der andere zum Fische dann

Reise, Reise Seemann Reise
Und die Wellen weinen leise
In ihrem Blute steckt ein Speer
Bluten leise in das Meer

Die Lanze muss im Fleisch ertrinken
Fisch und Mann zur Tiefe sinken
Wo die schwarze Seele wohnt
ist kein Licht am Horizont

Ahoi

Reise, Reise Seemann Reise
Jeder tut's auf seine Weise
Der eine stößt den Speer zum Mann
Der andere zum Fische dann

Reise, Reise Seemann Reise
Und die Wellen weinen leise
In ihrem Blute steckt ein Speer
Bluten leise in das Meer

Reise, Reise Seemann Reise
Und die Wellen weinen leise
In ihrem Herzen steckt ein Speer
Bluten sich am Ufer leer
Even on the waves there is fighting
Where fish and flesh are woven into sea
One stabs the lance while in the army
Another throws it into the ocean

Ahoy

Arise, arise seaman arise
Each does it in his own way
One thrusts the spear into a man
Another then into the fish

Arise, arise seaman arise
And the waves cry softly
In their blood a spear is lodged
They bleed softly into the ocean

The lance must be drowned in flesh
Fish and man sink to the depths
Where the black soul dwells
there is no light on the horizon

Ahoy

Arise, arise seaman arise
Each does it in his own way
One thrusts the spear into a man
Another then into the fish

Arise, arise seaman arise
And the waves cry softly
In their blood a spear is lodged
They bleed softly into the ocean

Arise, arise seaman arise
And the waves cry softly
In their heart a spear is lodged
They bleed themselves dry on the shore

Reise, Reise is about mutiny on a ship, and the opening song of the 2004/05 Ahoi! Tour.

56 COMMENTS

  1. That’s funny how people think that they can just look up words in the dictionary and slap them together and think that it will make sense. It is really hard to say what they really meant, but everybody knows that all Rammstein lyrics involve “word play’, which is really hard to translate, because you are really translating the meaning and not words. But the song is really awesome!!!

  2. @RottingBackToLife: Yeah, sure, you are German. Very sure. At least you think so.
    “Reise, reise” does really mean “arise, arise”- it’s sailor’s jargon. It was the wake-up call for the sailors on the old sailing ships (and is still for the mariners in the German navy nowadays).

  3. I was going to say I was pretty sure that Reise Reise was travel travel. I worked in Germany for a while, study the language at university and have had interest in personal study for the last 9 years and was confused when people started saying arise arise… no dictionary i could get my hands on ever mentioned arise arise for it. not even old ones.

  4. I always felt that the English equivalent to the word "reise" would be avast, since it too is a seaword and is no longer used. Also, the meanings of reise and avast are similar.

  5. This is my favourite Rammstein song its the 1st one on my mp3 and pc to be played gives me goosebumps every time i play it especially the volkerball live version the opening of the track just blows me away every time!!

  6. This is my Fav Rammstein song of all time. They said they wanted the album to sound like something out of a space age/sci fi movie. lame? NO! NO WAY.

    The beginning 30 secs of Reise, Reise are fucking awesome. Especially the keyboard. And the rest keeps giving it all. Till gives such vocal power in this song. I love it.

    Yeeeeeehaaaaaaah.

  7. yeah most of the time back in the day I had no clue what they where sayin but I do now and man was I so off I mean when i leard the real meening for DU HAST i was “what no way that cant be right” but it was LOL.

  8. Well, that explains my questions…heh, thats not what i thought they were singing about, in fact i ahd no idea before 🙂 well, i luv rammstein! WOOO!

    • Ahh no this guy cant spell for shit im german its not arise arise idiot, it Journey Journey the seamanns journey across the river to speer the fish you fucking idiot

    • Real lyrics

      Also on the waves is fought fish and meat where to the lake woven the one pricks the Lanz' in the army the

      other throws it into the sea

      Ahoi

      Travel, do trip sailor trip everyone it in its manner the one stöÃ×t the javelin to the man the other to the

      fish then

      Travel, cry sticks trip sailor trip and the waves quietly in its blood a javelin bloods quietly into the sea

      The spear must drown sink lives is in the meat fish and man to the depth where the black soul no light at the

      horizon

      Ahoi

      Travel, do trip sailor trip everyone it in its manner the one stöÃ×t the javelin to the man the other to the

      fish then

      Travel, cry sticks trip sailor trip and the waves quietly in its blood a javelin bloods quietly into the sea

      Travel, cry sticks itself trip sailor trip and the waves quietly in its heart a javelin bloods at the bank

      empty/

      idoits

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